#LAunforgotten TLDR: Back when gas stations had public art . #otd in #lalife and #lahistory sculptor Finn Froelich unveiled his “Modern Speed” (1926). The monumental piece was for a Richfield service station on busy throughway Redondo Blvd. Stylistically, the work bridged the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne tastes of the times. Architecture like the L.A. Times building would also evoke the car culture. But what fascinates me about a work like this is the contrast between investments in the piece vs. its setting. In 1926, L.A. was a city of shacks migrants typically built for themselves. Their cars often cost more than their housing! So of course, the gas station would have had priority among the various businesses where consumers went. And the people who operated Richfield service stations, folks like my grandfather Robert Wayne Chesney and his stepfather Gene, they took great pride in the work of keeping this city running. Bob made such a dashing figure in his uniform that he caught my grandmother’s eye and flirted his way into her heart from that very position. . . . #LA#LosAngeles#History#Oil#CarCulture#ServiceStation#FullService#GasStation#ClassicCar#ClassicCars#Racing#Statue#Monument#RedondoBeach#ArtDeco#Streamline#Speed#Modern#Design#Richfield@arco

Been working on this beautiful stallion.😍 This video doesn’t show what he will look like in the end because I still have to work on his muzzle but it gives you an idea of how many layers of paint there are on this.🎨 Thank you so much @salute_z.oldenburg.stallion for letting me use your horse as a model.😍 🎨🖌☺️🎉 Mark us now!!! 👌👌👌 @horse_lover_vv

Been working on this beautiful stallion.😍 This video doesn’t show what he will look like in the end because I still have to work on his muzzle but it gives you an idea of how many layers of paint there are on this.🎨 Thank you so much @salute_z.oldenburg.stallion for letting me use your horse as a model.😍 🎨🖌☺️🎉 Follow us now!!! 🤗🤗🤗 @horses.forever_world

✨Coming soon✨ Next weekend is such a nice show in front of an old castle! So a beautiful place! The riders are fighting for the “Goldene Peitsche” Fingers crossed for everyone! See the full show at our website Follow us now!!! 🤗🤗🤗 @horse___love

Abbiamo montato il nuovo sistema antiurto per i timoni in assetto volante, grazie a tutto il Team di che ha lavorato senza sosta negli ultimi mesi per realizzare questa modifica! 🌊🌊🌊 We installed the new anti-shock system for the rudders in flying mode, thanks to ’s Team who worked non stop over the past few months to implement these changes! . @maserati@aon_italia@zegnaofficial@garminmarine_italy . Follow me at: @Sailling_lovesz

Sometimes you just have to flip your world upside down, shift your perspective, and then all of a sudden things make sense again. 😉 . . . Thanks @acrowithjon for never dropping me and teaching me more about how to trust. 🙌🏻 . We’re both rocking @aloyoga 😃 Follow us now!!! 🤗🤗🤗 @yoga__for__life